Addressing fairness issues in deep learning-based medical image analysis: a systematic review

Z Xu, J Li, Q Yao, H Li, M Zhao, SK Zhou - npj Digital Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Deep learning algorithms have demonstrated remarkable efficacy in various medical image
analysis (MedIA) applications. However, recent research highlights a performance disparity …

Fast diffusion-based counterfactuals for shortcut removal and generation

N Weng, P Pegios, E Petersen, A Feragen… - European Conference on …, 2025 - Springer
Shortcut learning is when a model–eg a cardiac disease classifier–exploits correlations
between the target label and a spurious shortcut feature, eg a pacemaker, to predict the …

MyThisYourThat for interpretable identification of systematic bias in federated learning for biomedical images

K Naumova, A Devos, SP Karimireddy, M Jaggi… - NPJ Digital …, 2024 - nature.com
Distributed collaborative learning is a promising approach for building predictive models for
privacy-sensitive biomedical images. Here, several data owners (clients) train a joint model …

Shortcut learning in medical image segmentation

M Lin, N Weng, K Mikolaj, Z Bashir… - … Conference on Medical …, 2024 - Springer
Shortcut learning is a phenomenon where machine learning models prioritize learning
simple, potentially misleading cues from data that do not generalize well beyond the training …

Augmenting chest x-ray datasets with non-expert annotations

C Damgaard, TN Eriksen, D Juodelyte… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
The advancement of machine learning algorithms in medical image analysis requires the
expansion of training datasets. A popular and cost-effective approach is automated …

Out-of-Distribution Detection and Radiological Data Monitoring Using Statistical Process Control

G Zamzmi, K Venkatesh, B Nelson, S Prathapan… - Journal of Imaging …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Machine learning (ML) models often fail with data that deviates from their training
distribution. This is a significant concern for ML-enabled devices as data drift may lead to …

Distributionally Robust Optimization and Invariant Representation Learning for Addressing Subgroup Underrepresentation: Mechanisms and Limitations

N Kumar, R Shrestha, Z Li, L Wang - Workshop on Clinical Image-Based …, 2023 - Springer
Spurious correlation caused by subgroup underrepresentation has received increasing
attention as a source of bias that can be perpetuated by deep neural networks (DNNs) …

Towards actionability for open medical imaging datasets: lessons from community-contributed platforms for data management and stewardship

A Jiménez-Sánchez, NR Avlona, D Juodelyte… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Medical imaging datasets are fundamental to artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. The
accuracy, robustness and fairness of diagnostic algorithms depend on the data (and its …

Feature Selection-driven Bias Deduction in Histopathology Images: Tackling Site-Specific Influences

F Kheiri, AA Bidgoli, M Makrehchi… - 2024 IEEE Congress …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emergence of bias in deep neural models represents a significant reliability concern,
which may lead to overoptimistic results on seen data while compromising the model's …

Slicing Through Bias: Explaining Performance Gaps in Medical Image Analysis Using Slice Discovery Methods

V Olesen, N Weng, A Feragen, E Petersen - … Workshop on Fairness of AI in …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Machine learning models have achieved high overall accuracy in medical image
analysis. However, performance disparities on specific patient groups pose challenges to …